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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
TPN total parenteral nutrition
vitamin C - citrus fruits
essential amino acids
2. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
prealbumin levels
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
decrease in total lymphocyte count
starches - sugars - and cellulose
3. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
B and C
4. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
hemoglobin
protein
500 cal/day
dark green - orange - drybeans
5. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
fats
2 cups
vitamin K
dark green - orange - drybeans
6. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
hemoglobin
trans fatty acid
apple is higher risk than a pear
7. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
prealbumin levels
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
day week or month
8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
protein and fat
18-25
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein
9. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
fats
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
10. What does DASH stand for?
6 oz. a day
vitamin K
dietary approach to stop hypertension
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
one tspn salt or less
5.5 ounces/day
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
12. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
6 oz. a day
300 cal/day increase
dietary approach to stop hypertension
13. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
300 cal/day increase
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
3 cups
14. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
one tspn salt or less
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
apple is higher risk than a pear
500 cal/day
15. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
4 calories/gram
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
hemoglobin
300 cal/day increase
16. What type of people need extra protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
4 calories/gram
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
300 cal/day increase
17. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
hemorrhage
carrots and sweet potatoes
diet recall
2.5 cups
18. When does BMR decrease?
carrots and sweet potatoes
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
2 cups
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
19. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
fat soluble vitamins
trans fatty acid
vitamin C - citrus fruits
500 cal/day
20. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
prealbumin levels
TPN total parenteral nutrition
21. What is normal BMI?
carrots and sweet potatoes
18-25
fat soluble vitamins
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
22. How many calories/gram is protein?
3 cups
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
hemoglobin
4 calories/gram
23. Where can you get more vitamin D?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
day week or month
dairy and fortified foods
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
24. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
dietary approach to stop hypertension
transferrin
apple is higher risk than a pear
25. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
protein and fat
essential amino acids
diet recall
26. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2.5 cups
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
27. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
6 oz. a day
2 cups
protein
28. Fats can lead to some medical problems
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
B and C
4 calories/gram
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
29. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
vitamin K
300 cal/day increase
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
30. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
fats
diet recall
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
31. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
decrease in total lymphocyte count
pregnant women or elderly
6 oz. a day
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
32. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
vitamin K
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
albumin levels
33. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
prealbumin levels
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
34. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
cream cheese - cream or butter
4 calories/gram
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
milk - enriched grains
35. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
18-25
2 cups
apple is higher risk than a pear
2.5 cups
36. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
liver and intestinal synthesis
protein and fat
albumin levels
day week or month
37. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
pregnant women or elderly
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
rickets - osteomalacia
38. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein
diet recall
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
39. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
day week or month
vitamin K
rickets - osteomalacia
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
40. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
6 oz. a day
3 cups
can consume more calories without weight gain
41. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
500 cal/day
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
42. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
3 cups
day week or month
18-25
transferrin
43. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
500 cal/day
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
vitamin K
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
44. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
dairy and fortified foods
rickets - osteomalacia
day week or month
45. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
one tspn salt or less
can consume more calories without weight gain
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
46. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
6 oz. a day
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
18-25
47. When does BMR increase?
trans fatty acid
vitamin K
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
48. What foods have high quality protein?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - immune function
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
TPN total parenteral nutrition
49. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
5.5 ounces/day
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
protein
50. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
5.5 ounces/day
hemoglobin
protein and fat
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy